Mechanical problems forced the Steamship Authority to cancel about 550 ferry trips between Martha’s Vineyard and Falmouth in just the first four months of this year, an unprecedented total about 15 times the yearly average.http://bos.gl/2EaXAIz
“It’s insane. It’s absolutely insane,” said Marc Hanover, secretary of the Steamship Authority’s five-member governing board and longtime Martha’s Vineyard resident. “This is the worst anybody has ever seen it. Nothing like this has ever happened before.”http://bos.gl/6uvDWZM